Jacques Philippe Bonnaud

Jacques Philippe Bonnaud (11 September 1757-30 March 1797) was a General de Division of the French Revolutionary Army during the French Revolutionary Wars.

Biography
Jacques Philippe Bonnaud was born in Bras, France in 1757, and he enlisted in the French Royal Army as a cavalryman in 1776, rising to a non-commissioned officer rank in 1789. He became a captain in a Chasseurs a Cheval regiment in 1792, and his unit fought at Valmy, Jemappes, Neerwinden, and Wattignies, with Bonnaud being wounded twice. In January 1794 he was promoted to general officer, and he led a battered division at the Battle of Tourcoing and in the invasion of the United Provinces in 1794-1795. He fought in the War in the Vendee in 1795, and he lastly served in the Rhineland, fighting at Amberg, Wurzburg, and Limburg. Bonnaud was badly wounded in the latter action and never recovered, dying from his wounds in Bonn in March 1797.